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Webster 1913 Edition

Cobblestone

Cob′ble-stoneˊ

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Noun.

A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; – used for paving streets and for other purposes.

Definition 2024

cobblestone

cobblestone

English

Noun

cobblestone ‎(plural cobblestones)

A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.

Synonyms

cobble (as backformation)

Translations

a rounded stone

Bulgarian: объл камък ‎(obǎl kamǎk)
Catalan: còdol (ca), llamborda (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鵝卵石 (zh), 鹅卵石 (zh) ‎(éluǎnshí)
Danish: brosten (da)
Dutch: keisteen; (for paving) kassei, kasseisteen
Finnish: mukulakivi (fi)
French: pavé (fr)
Georgian: რიყის ქვა ‎(riq̇is kva)
German: Katzenkopf m, Katzenkopfpflasterstein m, Pflasterstein (de) m
Greek: κροκάλα (el) f ‎(krokála), σκύρο (el) f ‎(skýro)
Hungarian: macskakő (hu)

Italian: pavé (it), ciottolo (it)
Japanese: 丸石 ‎(まるいし, maruishi), 玉石 ‎(たまいし, tamaishi)
Latvian: bruģakmens m
Macedonian: калдрма f ‎(kaldrma)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brostein m
Occitan: calada (oc), pasiment, pavat
Polish: brukowiec m, otoczak (pl) m
Portuguese: pedregulho m, pedras arredondadas f pl; (for paving) paralelepípedo m, calçamento (pt) m
Quechua: khallki
Russian: булы́жник (ru) m ‎(bulýžnik)
Spanish: adoquín (es)

References

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967